When the actor confessed to ingesting a few flakes of her mother’s ashes on opening nights, reactions ranged from recognition to disgust. But, she says, grief makes animals of us all

The often-criticised pop artist is the focus of a monumental new survey including rarely seen pieces and ambitious new restagings at New York’s Whitney Museum

Moscow’s imperialist strongman believes decadent European democracies can be cowed. Our job is to prove him wrong, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

The tourist attraction just unveiled an elaborate, full-scale overhaul to match Trump’s second-term aesthetic

As streamers poach viral creators to appeal to children, digital whack-a-mole has become a new kind of family challenge

Koos Bekker’s Newt estate encompasses luxury hotels, pubs and high street business, with local concerns including flooding

Ukraine's leader had said the deal with Russia to release diesel into the US would help Moscow fund the war.

There was a real chance of a Green byelection win in Holborn and St Pancras. He made bad decisions and cost his party dear, says Guardian columnist John Harris

It won’t promote growth, will take decades and will swallow up billions of taxpayers’ money, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Everywhere the PM turns, he finds generous adversaries. They have made his early days in No 10 so much easier, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

New report on economic cost of anti-immigration campaign projects 8.6% reduction in retirement payments by 2034

As the top flight returns, armed with the knowledge its serial champions have been the authors of a 10-year sham supremacy, the first question is simple: how is it going to feel?

Whether it’s a super-glowy serum or a cult gardening tool, here are our writers’ favourite buys from the past year

Mike Ditka, the fiery NFL legend who coached the Chicago Bears to their only Super Bowl title and became a larger-than-life sporting icon, has died aged 86

After 37 years, the staunchly silent dog will speak for the first time in the audiobook of his autobiography – and it turns out he sounds like a hobbit

Prospect of contentious Orange Order march through Garvaghy Road in Portadown has led to a nearly two-week standoff

Party now polling 15 points above Greens, who had been ahead of Labour before Keir Starmer resigned as PM

Species with leaves large enough to be seen from space is already critically endangered – and plans are afoot to protect it

The trillion-dollar industry has taken over social media, inspiring skits and parody raps with millions of views

Condemnation comes amid fierce backlash from US lawmakers who branded the move ‘grotesque’ and compared it to actions of some terror groups and oppressive governments

A toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr